Each week, DartmouthSports.com will spotlight two
outstanding student-athletes - one male, one female - as Dartmouth's Athletes
of the Week. Student-athletes may be chosen based upon their efforts both on
and off the field of competition.

For September 15, the choice was clear as our honorees have
captained their teams to a combined 6-1-1 start. Men's soccer junior captain
Daniel Keat (Wellington, New Zealand) leads the fifth-ranked Big Green with
four goals during a 3-0-1 start. Women's soccer senior captain Myra Sack
(Wynnewood, Pa.) has the Big Green off to a 3-1 start, including a tournament
title at the Nike Virginia Classic.

Dartmouth Male
Athlete of the Week:

Daniel Keat (Wellington, New Zealand), Men's Soccer, Junior, MidfielderDaniel Keat has done it all for his nationally ranked Dartmouth squad
(3-0-1), scoring a team-best four goals in four games to date, including
game-winners over St. Peter's and Rhode Island. This past weekend, Keat ran the
midfield in a 0-0 double-overtime tie with perennial power #18 UConn and scored
both goals in a 2-0 win over Rhode Island to secure the 2009 Hypertherm Classic
at Dartmouth championship. He was named the tournament's Offensive MVP while
contributing to a tremendous defensive showing as well. Keat's play has helped
the Big Green remain unscored upon in its first four games of the season.
Perhaps most impressively, Keat has done all this after having missed the
entire 2008 season with a knee injury that also sidelined him from representing
New Zealand in the 2008 Olympics. DartmouthSports.com caught up with Keat to
discuss the season thus far and look ahead to the Big Green's upcoming weekend
at the University of San Diego Tournament.

Talk a bit about your
play and the team overall this past weekend: We were disappointed to not
win on Friday [against UConn] and maybe I could have had a goal there, but
Sunday showed the depth of our team. We only had three players that started on
Friday start on Sunday. On Sunday, I scored on two set pieces that we practice
a bit and I take time practicing, so it's nice to have that pay off. The
opportunity was there and I was happy to take it.

How important was the
depth showed in Sunday's win: It's good, especially when we have two games
in a weekend. The guys that played 110 minutes on Friday against UConn were
pretty tired, so knowing that we can have a group of guys play on Sunday and
have no problems getting the result is huge for us. It keeps everyone happy on
the team and it's great for our confidence going forward to know that people
can step up if we get any injuries.

Is this season
sweeter after returning from injury: Yeah it's been a long wait to get back
on the field, but this is what I love doing. It's exciting and you don't take
anything for granted after having that much time off. Each game is special and
getting to honor Dartmouth is good; I enjoy wearing the uniform.

Dartmouth has had
four home games with 1,000+ fans. How does great support from the fans affect
the team: It's huge for us. We enjoy coming out and playing in front of a
big crowd. Even though most of the campus isn't back yet, we've had great
support from the local community and the students that have been here. I think
everyone enjoys it and it helps us get up for games knowing that there are a
thousand people in the stands enjoying the game. It's a hard place to come
play, and that's the way it should be. We've only lost two games since we
started playing at Burnham Field. It's kind of a fortress for us and those fans
play a huge part in it.

What's the team
mindset heading into the weekend: We're full of confidence and looking for
a couple of wins this weekend. Regardless of what rankings or anything else
say, we know how good we are as a team and there's no one out there that we
feel scared of. We're pretty confident going out to San Diego and getting a
couple of good results. And looking forward to the sunshine. ­­­­

Dartmouth Female
Athlete of the Week:

Myra Sack (Wynnewood, Pa.), Women's Soccer, Senior, MidfielderComing off a first-team All-Northeast season as a junior, Myra Sack has
picked up where she left off this fall. As the centerpiece of Dartmouth's
midfield, Sack has led the Big Green to a 3-1 start including wins over Maine,
Seton Hall and #12 West Virginia, scoring a goal against Maine. This past
weekend, she picked up Virginia Nike Classic Tournament MVP honors after
leading the Big Green to the tournament title with a pair of 1-0 shutout wins.
Sack garnered attention on the national scale this week, earning spots on both
the Top Drawer Soccer and Soccer America National Teams of the Week. Off the
field, Sack is the co-founder of Athletes United, an Upper Valley youth sports
initiative and a volunteer for Soccer Without Borders. She was recently named a
national nominee for the prestigious Lowe's Senior Class Award, which
recognizes excellence in competition, classroom, community and character.
DartmouthSports.com caught up with Sack to discuss the season to date and
preview the Big Green's continuing road swing at the Oregon State Tournament
this weekend.

Can you look back at
the season so far and talk about your play and the team's: This past
weekend both games were so different. We played Seton Hall on Friday and
honestly looked awful in the first half, but we all gutted it out - our backs
and Colleen Hogan in goal especially. That win was sloppy but we got the job
done. Sunday we were more than up for the game. We knew West Virginia was going
to be a good team and highly ranked and we came into it with a lot of
confidence. I knew I was playing against a highly-esteemed player so I was up
for the challenge and we played together, stuck to the game plan and had a lot
more opportunities than I think we initially though.

How hard was it to
play an overtime game Friday and then face such a quality opponent on Sunday: It
actually seemed like we had a lot more legs on Sunday which was strange! We
knew we didn't play up to our potential Friday and we'd come off the unlucky
heartbreaker to San Diego State so we had a lot of incentive and energy for
WVU.

Talk about the effort
defensively to get two shutouts: The defense has been great. On Sunday we
really played as a midfield, whichever three of us were in. The backs played as
a back four unit, no one was off on her own.

What do your long
road trips do for the team mentality: On our trip to Virginia we got pretty
into watching Gossip Girl. But all the time together, travel and being at the
hotel with not much else to do helped an already close team get closer.

What's the pulse of
the team heading into the trip to Oregon: We want to build from here and we
don't want the West Virginia game to be seen as an upset. The Oregon tournament
now is even bigger than it was before for us because it's two more
opportunities to show everyone that we're very good. Everyone is so ready to
play again, play tomorrow, anywhere.